Nadine Labaki, arguably Lebanon’s most renowned filmmaker, is currently working on writing and directing a new feature length film. Emblematic for Lebanon, it is her first since the 2018 release …
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Leaders
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There is nothing wrong with your mind if you inadvertently start humming this tune while watching your team of choice playing at a large sports spectacle such as the Euro …
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Lamentations over the state of the world, the ongoing extinction of a Mediterranean conurbation, and the mass murder of a populace in our corner of the Middle East are currently …
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Safety, security, stability, and sustainability have become enshrined as humanitarian wishes in our global community. These concepts inform our values and perceptions of universal human rights. In concert with dignity …
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From the idyllic early-December perspective of Beirut’s waterfront promenade, with views up over Jounieh bay to the distant peaks of the Sannine range, the unseasonably warm weather and the dusty …
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It is desirable for a polity to agree on a social contract as that is what “we” as a society manage collectively. If there is further agreement that the “we” …
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Usually, it is a no-brainer for a business to say that it is important to strategize for the year(s) to come. Planning for future demand shifts, organizational challenges and leadership …
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Language becomes a tool of fools when it simplifies complex systems and developments into slogans such as democracy and revolution. One blatant case of language confusion that today dogs many …
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One banker, interviewed for this issue, said it: “Bankers feel threatened, bullied, and feel that they are [made to bear] responsibility for something that they did not do.” The stewards …
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For one thing, human constants have to be considered. When Walter Bagehot, the founding editor of The Economist, reflected on the role of the “English Political Economy” shortly before his …